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In 'season of creation,' Cardinal Tagle reminds all to take care of Earth
'Let us renew our pledge to respect one another and the web of life,' Cardinal Tagle adds

Tagle urges Filipinos to live life of prayer, caring to achieve peace
If we don't care for each other, 'we will be sowing seeds of violence,' says Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle in his homily for the New Year's Eve mass

WATCH: New Year's Eve Mass with Cardinal Tagle
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle presides over the New Year's Eve Mass in the Manila Cathedral at 8 pm on Monday, December 31

IN PHOTOS: Thousands flock to churches for Simbang Gabi 2018
'Kung tayo'y magagalak, magalak sa Panginoon,' says Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle as he leads the traditional Simbang Gabi

Cardinal Tagle cries, asks God why innocent people die
'We want to believe that you do not rejoice in their death. But there are so many of them,' Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle tells God in public prayer

Tagle to Filipinos: You're the real representatives of PH
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle says it is painful when the Philippines is criticized abroad, but he finds hope in the ordinary Filipino

Fr Mark Ventura's bishop hits 'unfounded rumors' on his murder
Tuguegarao Archbishop Sergio Utleg speaks up after President Rodrigo Duterte claims Cagayan priest Father Mark Ventura was killed because of his illicit affairs

'Murder is murder,' bishop says as Duterte hits Fr Mark Ventura
President Rodrigo Duterte justifies the death of Cagayan priest Father Mark Ventura by claiming that the 37-year-old priest had affairs with at least 4 women

John Paul II's blood relic to be shown again at Manila Cathedral
'Let us once again come together and receive God's grace through the intercession of our beloved St John Paul II,' says the Manila Cathedral on its Facebook page

Cardinal Tagle calls for prayer, fasting vs 'crisis of truth'
'We ask pardon for sins committed against truth and open ourselves to the action of the Spirit of Truth,' says Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle

Family of Fr Mark Ventura, PNP offer cash reward for info on his killers
Fr. Ventura's family and the Cagayan Valley regional police have raised a P300,000 bounty for information leading to the arrest of his killers

‘Serious personal grudge’ possible motive in Cagayan priest’s slay – PNP
Police Chief Superintendent Jose Mario Espino, head PNP-Cagayan, says they do not think the killing was the handiwork of the NPA or anti-mining groups

Cardinal Tagle calls for tolling of bells amid Fr Ventura's death
'The bells haunt the perpetrators of violence and killing to remember their victims, never to forget them,' says Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle after the death of Cagayan priest Father Mark Ventura

Cardinal Tagle hits murder of Cagayan's Fr Mark Ventura
'Stop killing our prophets!' Carmelite priests say in a separate statement on the murder of 37-year-old Father Mark Ventura in Cagayan

TRANSCRIPT: 'Touch wounds of Christ in others' – Cardinal Tagle
'We see the true God only in the wounded Christ – wounded yet merciful,' says Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle at the Word Exposed Easter Recollection

Pope John Paul II's blood relic honored at Manila Cathedral
The public veneration of the blood relic at the Manila Cathedral lasts until 8 pm on Saturday, April 7, and resumes from 6 am to 8 pm on Sunday, April 8

Manila Cathedral to display blood relic of Pope John Paul II
'This is the first-ever blood relic of the great Pope still in liquid form stored in a glass container here in our country,' says the Manila Cathedral

Cardinal Tagle on Easter 2018: Roll away 'stones' of sin
'Iyong bato ng walang paggalang sa kapwa, alisin na para makalabas ang buhay ng pagdadamayan,' Cardinal Tagle says as Filipinos celebrate Easter

TRANSCRIPT: Cardinal Tagle's homily on Good Friday 2018
'Papayagan ba natin ipako sa krus si Hesus? O baka meron tayong ibang poprotektahan na hari? Ano 'yung hari na isasalba natin?'

Cardinal Tagle to wash feet of Chito Soganub, Demafelis parents
The Marawi priest rescued from the Maute Group, and the parents of Joanna Demafelis – the OFW found dead in a freezer in Kuwait – will join the Washing of the Feet ritual led by Cardinal Tagle on Holy Thursday

TRANSCRIPT: Cardinal Tagle's homily on Palm Sunday 2018
'Sa panahon natin ngayon, kay dami-raming sumusunod sa mga hari na ang ginagamit ay dahas, armas, pananakot – kapos na kapos sa pag-unawa at pakikiisa sa mga mahihina'

Tagle hits violent, arrogant 'kings' on Palm Sunday 2018
'Tinatanong tayo ni Pilato: Sino ang pipiliin ninyo – ang mga Barabas ng panahon ngayon, o si Hesus, ang Hari?' says Cardinal Tagle as Holy Week 2018 begins

Bishops call for vigilance amid 'creeping dictatorship'
'We must guard our democracy,' says Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, as the Philippines marks the 32nd anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution

Treat people as gifts, not commodities – Cardinal Tagle
At the Walk for Life, Cardinal Tagle blasts a 'throwaway culture' that discards people who no longer prove useful

Cardinal Tagle backs February 24 walk vs killings
'Maglakad para sa buhay,' says Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle ahead of the Walk for Life on Saturday, February 24

Church sets February 24 walk vs killings, dictatorship
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle is expected to say Mass at the Walk for Life to be held at the Quirino Grandstand

Devotees pray to Santo Niño for health, Duterte 'wisdom'
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle reminds his flock on the Santo Niño's feast day, 'Maging bata muli'

IN PHOTOS: When the Church rose up vs killings in 2017
Rappler compiles 12 best images of the Philippine Catholic Church that prayed, marched, and fought for the value of life this year

Pope Francis pleads for migrants at Christmas Mass
In the Philippines, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle urges Filipinos to remember people suffering from calamities, including typhoon victims

Remember typhoon victims on Christmas – Cardinal Tagle
'Christmas will not be complete' if we forget 'our poor and suffering brothers and sisters all over the world,' says Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle

Toll our bells, Cardinal Tagle says amid drug war killings
Cardinal Tagle calls for the 5 minute tolling of church bells in the Archdiocese of Manila at 8 pm starting September 14

Cardinal Tagle: 'We cannot govern the nation by killing'
UPDATED We cannot allow the destruction of lives to become normal Cardinal Tagle says in his strongest written statement against drug war killings

Cardinal Tagle slams 'false gods' creating 'false worlds'
Cardinal Tagle s warning – about the threat to the Filipino culture of caring – comes at a time of rampant killings to create a drug free Philippines

Tagle, Villegas speak out vs new drug war killings
This comes after a series of drug raids killed at least 81 people – including 17 year old Kian Loyd delos Santos – in only 4 days

Admit your weaknesses, Cardinal Tagle says
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle also tells his flock to defend the weak as he opens the 4th Philippine Conference on New Evangelization

Muslim-Christian unity to build 'new Marawi' – Tagle
Kung sino man ang nagplano na hatiin ang mga Kristiyano at Muslim mukhang inis na inis ngayon kasi hindi nagtatagumpay lagi says Cardinal Tagle

Church should go beyond hitting killings – Tagle
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle says Filipinos seem to accept rampant killings – but out of despair not moral conviction

Duterte's 1st year an 'eye opener' for Catholic Church
It appears that our pastoral education for people has not been enough That s why for them it seems okay to kill to eliminate the problem of illegal drugs

Cardinal Tagle marks 60th birthday, gets letter from mother
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle reflects on life as a pilgrimage as he marks his 60th birthday

Cardinal Tagle: 'What has happened to humanity?'
Cardinal Tagle cites the Marawi clashes and the Resorts World Manila attack as examples of a modern world that throws away its values

Tagle invites Catholics to Good Friday 'Walk for Life'
The Good Friday Walk for Life begins 4:30 am at Baclaran Church and ends at the Manila Cathedral says Cardinal Tagle

Cardinal Tagle slams drug trade, launches rehab
Selling drugs is killing people Cardinal Tagle says as he launches another Catholic run drug rehabilitation program

TRANSCRIPT: Cardinal Tagle on the start of Lent
Kapag walang masyadong nangyayaring pagbabago sa lipunan ang isa nating dapat tingnan ay ang loob

Cardinal Tagle on Ash Wednesday: Change begins within
Ang pinakamahalaga natin siguro na kontribusyon sa bayan at sa mundo ngayon ay ang pagbabagong loob Cardinal Tagle says on Ash Wednesday

Cardinal Tagle to parishes: Hold People Power activities
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle makes this unprecedented move as the Duterte administration chooses to hold a low key celebration of People Power this year

TRANSCRIPT: Cardinal Tagle's speech at Walk for Life
Lakas hindi dahas Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle says at the Walk for Life a huge Catholic procession against killings in the Philippines

Cardinal Tagle urges 'active non-violence' amid killings
3rd UPDATE Hindi mapupuksa ang karahasan ng kapwa karahasan Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle says in a rare open air speech at the Walk for Life against extrajudicial killings and the death penalty

Cardinal Tagle hits trafficking as Congress on Mercy begins
We are the disciples of mercy Jesus mercy Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle says as he denounces global evils such as human trafficking

From Mary Jane to Mama Mary: Ex-drug addict tells his story
Fazenda da Esperança graduate Richard Elson a former drug addict who is now a seminarian believes that every life has hope

VLOG: Cardinal Tagle nanguna sa binyag ng 400 mahihirap na bata
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle leads the baptism of 400 children from the slums of Manila
